Kala Ghoda Arts Festival ★ 4.6
Mumbai's biggest cultural festival spans late January into early February, taking over the Kala Ghoda district for nine days.
Navratri Garba Thali is a food festival in Mumbai.
Navratri's nine nights bring out the Gujarati faraali (fasting) thali at temples and cultural halls: sabudana khichdi, kuttu rotis and sabudana vadas.
Address: Gujarati cultural halls citywide (Borivali, Andheri, Dadar), Mumbai
Mumbai's biggest cultural festival spans late January into early February, taking over the Kala Ghoda district for nine days.
Mumbai's most beloved festival runs 10 days from new moon. Sweet shops across the city sell steamed coconut-and-jaggery modak, Lord Ganesh's favoured.
Eid celebrations on Mohammed Ali Road peak with sweetmeats and the full biryani menu at every stall. Sheermal bakers fire ovens through the night; sevaiyan.
The 30 nights of Ramadan transform Mohammed Ali Road and Bohri Mohalla into an iftar food street. Stalls open at sundown and run until suhoor with smoked.
Diwali in early November brings out the full sweet-shop counter at Tewari Brothers, Chheda and Bhagat Tarachand: shrikhand, ghari, mawa peda and ladoos.
Mumbai's Alphonso (Ratnagiri and Devgad) season runs April to mid-June. APMC Vashi gets the crates first; Crawford follows. Editor's TableJourney pick.